Gate-opener.



G. W. ROWE.

GATE OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. so. 19m.

' 1,286,1 17. Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

GEORGE W. ROWE, OF GLENWOOD, NEW MEXICO.

GATE- OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

Application led April 30, 1918. Serial N o. 231,636.`

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RowE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glenwood, in the county of Socorro, State of New Mexico,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Openers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates t0 new and useful improvements in farm gates andparticularly to openers therefor.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improvedmechanism whereby the gate can be easily and quickly opened from eitherside and closed from either side after having passed through thegateway.

Another object is to provide a novel and eiiicient means for throwingthe hinged side of the gate off center to cause the gate to swing intoopened or closed position.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a gate made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device in the position of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device showing the gate in openposition.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of the device, partly in section.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents thepost of the gate 11, and 12 the sill thereof. The bottom of the post 10is stepped into a socket 13 iny the inner end of the sill 12, while theupper end extends a suitable distance above the upper end of the gatewhere it is provided with an anti-friction roller 16. Carried by theupper end of :the post 14, which is fixed in the sill 12, is ahorizontally disposed rectangular frame 15, the same extending at rightangles from the post and receiving the roller carrying end of the post10 therein. The post 14 carries a vertically extending eye member 17 onthe top thereof, and slidable through this eye member is a hollow member18 which has one end formed with an eye 22. Slida'ble in the other endof the member 18 is a rod 19 which is formed with an eye 19 receivingthe upper end of the post 10 therethrough.

Disposed at opposite sides of the gate are the posts, each having agrooved roller 21 on its upper end. Secured to the eye 22 of the member18 are the two wires 20 each of which extends to and passes over one ofthe grooved rollers and depends at the side of the post where it isprovided with a handle 23.

Thus when either of the wires is pulled, the member 18 will rotate withthe eye 17 at its pivot with the result that the post 10, which incliuestoward the post 241 of the' gateway, will be swung to one side of theframe 15 and rest in one of the side angles thereof, thus canting thegate so that will swing into and remain in open position, until theother wire is pulled, when the post 10 will be moved into the forwardangle of the frame. Vhen the wire is pulled, the gate will be cantedinto such an angle that the pivoted latch bar 27 which is carried by thefree end of the gate, will be raised out of engagement with the notch 26of the keeper 25 of the post 24. Vhen the gate swings into closedposition, this bar will move on its pivot and rise up the incline of thekeeper and drop into the notch thereof, thus holding the gate in closedposition.

What is claimed is:

A gate Operating mechanism including a stationary post, a post forming apart of the gate and pivotally mounted in an inclined position adjacentthe first post, a horizontally extending angular frame carried by thefirst post and receiving the upper portion of the inclined post, anL-shaped lever pivotally mounted on the stationary post, said leverhaving an elongated slot in the horizontal arm thereof receiving theupper end of the inclined post therein for movement thereof into theinterior angles of the said frame, and means for rocking the lever.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. ROWE.

Witnesses:

JOE CAMPBELL, JOE LoRIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

